Music
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| + | I seldom listen to music: generally it is imposed on me by others. But sometimes I browse some on YouTube, and I do have some childhood favorites from when I listened to records while home sick. | ||
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| + | ==Ode to Joy== | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)#IV._Finale Now the anthem of the European Union.] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)#IV._Finale Now the anthem of the European Union.] | ||
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; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HOIyqXIc8Q Pete Seeger: Ode to Joy] | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HOIyqXIc8Q Pete Seeger: Ode to Joy] | ||
| − | : Banjo solo with | + | : Banjo solo with new lyrics by Don West. Much better than the original lyrics. |
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Build the road of peace before us, | Build the road of peace before us, | ||
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: Unbelievably beautiful. Including the audience reaction. | : Unbelievably beautiful. Including the audience reaction. | ||
| − | + | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQx83_JkrZw Clockwork Orange (1971): Aversion Therapy] | |
| + | : One of Kubrik's greatest films, shocking and hard to watch, yet essential to learning cynicism properly. | ||
| + | ==Mr. Sandman== | ||
| + | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUgsbKisp8 The Original, by the Chordettes.] | ||
| + | : Amazing harmony. | ||
| + | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQTuFudB028 Mr. Biden, Bring My Vaccine.] | ||
| + | : One of Randy Rainbow's finest works. Hysterically funny. | ||
| + | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk CRISPR-Cas9 ("Mr. Sandman" Parody), A Capella Science] | ||
| + | : One of the most amazing solo a capella performances ever, with spot-on science and significant variation of the repetitions in the original music to add drama. | ||
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| + | ==La Marseillaise== | ||
; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQ-SC9bmp4 La Marseillaise, sung by Mireille Mathieu. American English subtitles.] | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQ-SC9bmp4 La Marseillaise, sung by Mireille Mathieu. American English subtitles.] | ||
: The French national anthem; very stirring and a bit bloodthirsty. | : The French national anthem; very stirring and a bit bloodthirsty. | ||
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| + | ==Yodeling== | ||
| + | The closest I have to ancestral music: my father was Austrian. Though he was raised in Vienna and only spent summers in the countryside. | ||
; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeqHMLT27o Franzl Lang - Happy Yodeling (25mins long mix)] | ; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeqHMLT27o Franzl Lang - Happy Yodeling (25mins long mix)] | ||
: Give it a try. Some of the most amazing yodeling ever. | : Give it a try. Some of the most amazing yodeling ever. | ||
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| + | ==Gilbert and Sullivan== | ||
| + | 'Nuff said. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2OcbeGqbpU I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General] | ||
| + | :From The Pirates of Penzance". | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXlbihJilM I'm the Monarch of the Sea] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCBxI9yKLgw When I Was a Lad] | ||
| + | : From HMS Pinafore. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSr3pCqs1ns A More Humane Mikado Never in Japan Exist (My Object All Sublime.)] | ||
| + | : From The Mikado. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZgDtWhNP6c Nightmare Song] | ||
| + | : From Iolanthe. | ||
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| + | ==Humorous Songs== | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R3cHcQfomE Daffy's Rhapsody] | ||
| + | : Based on Hungarian Rhapsody. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA7383noev8 National Lampoon - Deteriorata] | ||
| + | :A fitting mockery of the pompous and vapid Desiderata. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_leJMmyTEo Dr. Demento Theme] | ||
| + | :Unbelievably cool. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk Galaxy Song] | ||
| + | :From Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. | ||
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| + | ==Weird Al Yankovic== | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw White & Nerdy.] | ||
| + | : My personal theme song. Also used as the name for a daylily: [[White And Nerdy]]. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_BmTGv43M Perform this way.] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc Word Crimes.] | ||
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| + | ==Flanders and Swann== | ||
| + | Of course you could listen to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VKNF5mEXA4&list=OLAK5uy_m5zHSJOc2ma2npAbpM1ZeNJpu7w0dU7-0 The Complete Flanders & Swann]. But some of my favorites are: | ||
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| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjAHw2DEBgw The Reluctant Cannibal] | ||
| + | : A great parody of parental arguments with vegetarian children. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOPnRMwqys&list=OLAK5uy_m5zHSJOc2ma2npAbpM1ZeNJpu7w0dU7-0&index=32 In The Bath] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYr0eNtpDHs Misalliance] | ||
| + | : A botanical song of ill-fated love. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivf4w3r-_3c The Wompom] | ||
| + | : Botanical whimsey at its best! Also used as the name of a daylily: [[Wompom Song]] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpDF3Py7r8 Hippopotamus Song] | ||
| + | : I used to sing my kids to sleep with this one. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAk9ca_h9D4&list=OLAK5uy_m5zHSJOc2ma2npAbpM1ZeNJpu7w0dU7-0&index=34 Hippo Encore] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j53z6RfFb7U The Gnu Song] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPk0xgHqQ4M Have Some Madeira M'Dear?] | ||
| + | : This song has not aged well, as it is about rape culture's protection of date rape. But the wordplay is extraordinary. | ||
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| + | ==Tom Lehrer== | ||
| + | You could also listen to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyu7dstANgo&list=PL520FA475863B4C0C All of Tom Lehrer playlist, but these are my favorites: | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyZQzqmFVM The Elements] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjDEsGZLbio Wernher von Braun] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrbv40ENU_o So Long Mom] | ||
| + | : My favorite bit of cynicism when I was young. | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_-KNNl-no Pollution] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TKDcHEcE8Q Silent E] | ||
| + | : His contribution to Sesame Street! | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie2gTTsec1k The Hunting Song] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6BIMhMzC4c The Wild West Is Where I Want To Be] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27PSHASlGUU Fight Fiercely Harvard] | ||
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| + | ==A Capella Science== | ||
| + | [https://www.youtube.com/user/acapellascience The complete works here.] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99bMtg4zRk&t=207s CRISPR Cas-9] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbtsX7twc Bohemian Gravity] | ||
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| + | ==Bohemian Rhapsody== | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbtsX7twc Bohemian Gravity] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXezLv_5RaY&t=328s Bohemian Catsody] | ||
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| + | ==Randy Rainbow== | ||
| + | [https://www.youtube.com/user/Tday4U His channel.] | ||
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| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQTuFudB028 MR BIDEN (Bring My Vaccine)] | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUiDLcp_hIw GEE ANTHONY FAUCI] | ||
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| + | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
| + | ;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxjrFuC5BhU Keep calm do fuck all.] | ||
| + | : The British response to pandemic lockdowns. | ||
